Fish bait



Patented May 14, 1935 NlTED STATES FIS William M. Witt, hub, N. lih, signcr'tc hhoe Form (30., Inc., duh, (N. Y a corporaticn at New mark This invention relates to an improvement in fish bait, and has for its primary object to provide a strip of celluloid or similar material sultably colored and so formed that, when pulled or drawn through the water, it will roll or rotate while continuing its travel along a substantially straight course.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fish bait consisting of a spirally twisted strip of material, celluloid preferred, having near its head end an aperture which simulates the eye of a fish and which, as will be pointed out below, assists to hold the bait to its course.

Other objects will appear from a consideration of the following description and of the drawing which forms a part thereof and in which,

I Fig. l is a side elevation of a fish bait ernbcdying this invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are views or the head end oi the bait illustrating two of the positions taken as the bait rotates;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view oi. the tail end of the bait at an angle to that shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a named detail of the bait.

The fish bait comprises a strip it or celluloid or other suitablematerial duly colored and spirally twisted about its longitudinal axis. In one end, hereinafter referred to as the head end, is formed adjacent one edge an aperture H which simulates the eye of a fish. A link it at the tip of the head end connects the bait to a swivel it to which a leader (not shown) is connected in the usual way. At the other or tail end of the bait are projections H which imitate the flukes of a fish tail and, as shown particularly in Fig. 4, bend away from each other. A hook I5 is connected to the tail end between the projections [4 by a link It and another hook I1 is connected by a link it to the head end at the edge opposite to that adjacent the aperture II.

The location of the hooks I! at one side of the strip Ill will obviously unbalance it, and, as the strip is rotated by the water while being drawn along therein, this unbalanced condition will create a tendency of the bait to swing bodily in an orbit from the juncture of the bait with the swivel. The aperture ll, however, counteracts this tendency to a considerable extent by increasing the effective pressure of the water upon the bait. The bait is rotated not only by the impact of the water upon the leading twisted surface 20, but also by the impact of the water upon the posterior twisted surface 2| reaching such second surface through the aperture II as indicated by the arrows in Figs. 2 and 3. The

result is that the tendency to swing bodily will be less effective due to the higher rate of speed at which the bait will rotate and also to the longitudinally spaced surfaces upon which the water impacts. Furthermore, the aperture as the bait rotates will disturb the water at the head of the bait and, particularly when trolling below the surface, as with a weighted triangle or otherwise, will create air bubbles which will attract the attention of the fish.

Should it be desired to increase the amount of water passing through the aperture the head of the bait may be formed as shown in Fig. 5 wherein the portion ordinarily removed to form the aperture is retained in the form of a flap it which deflects additional water from contact. with the suriace it into contact with the suriace it.

is certain embodiments of this invention have been shown and described, it will be understood that I am not limited thereto and that other embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. it fish bait comprising a swivel, a strip at celluloid or other suitable material connected at its leg end to the swivel, and a hook carried thereby said strip being spirally twisted about its longitudinal axis to provide a plurality of twisted surfaces, the leading surface having an aperture therein, the relative movement of the bait and water causing the rotation of the strip at the swivel both by the impact of the water upon the leading surface and also by the impact upon a posterior twisted surface of water flowing through'the aperture in the leading surface.

2. A fish bait comprising a swivel, a strip of celluloid or other suitable material connected at its leading end to the swivel, and a hook carried thereby said strip being spirally twisted about its longitudinal axis to provide a plurality of twisted surfaces, the leading surface having an aperture therein and a flap extending forwardly from one edge of the aperture, the relative movement of the bait and water causing the rotation of the strip at the swivel both by the impact of the water upon the leading surface and also by the impact upon a posterior twisted surface of water flowing through theaperture in the leading surface, the flap thereon acting to deflect through. the aperture water which otherwise would not pass therethrough.

WILLIAMJ. DE WI'I'I. 

